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Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® Wait Times

Universal Orlando Resort · Universal Islands of Adventure

Average that day

7min

Fri, Jul 4

Hours

Opens 10am

Posted hours

Range

5–10 min

Low 2:06pm · high 10:03am

Typical Friday

22 min

15 min quieter that day

Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges® Photo: Universal

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Friday, Jul 4 vs a typical Friday

Standby wait through the day, against the average of the last 8 Fridays

Average

7 min

Lowest

5 min 2:06pm

Highest

10 min 10:03am

Best times to go

Shortest waits usually come around 12am and 8pm, and Mon runs about 119 min shorter than Wed.

Average standby each hour, day by day

12am 1am 2am 6am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Mon · · · · 10 13 16 25 20 18 24 18 17 15 10 10 · · ·
Tue · · · · 10 13 22 25 22 35 28 22 22 13 10 · · · ·
Wed 5 264 707 995 10 10 18 20 28 26 20 28 12 10 10 10 · · ·
Thu · · · · 10 13 18 25 31 31 18 24 18 13 · 5 · · ·
Fri · · · · 10 11 13 25 25 23 28 23 16 10 29 8 30 33 20
Sat · · · · 10 10 29 27 34 34 32 30 26 19 13 · 20 10 ·
Sun · · · · 11 15 30 34 30 26 19 20 13 15 10 10 · · ·

Average standby in minutes, last 60 days.

History

Average

12 min

Lowest

5 min Jan 2

Highest

503 min Nov 4

Average

9 min

Lowest

5 min Jan 4

Highest

31 min Jun 28

Average

16 min

Lowest

7 min Nov 2026

Highest

42 min May 2025

Average

22 min

Lowest

15 min 2026

Highest

24 min 2024

Ride status

Down twice for 3h 14m in total

10:03am Running Down 9:05pm
  • 2:49pm – 3:43pm 53m
  • 5:52pm – 8:13pm 2h 21m

Broke down on 24 of the 30 days it ran in the last 30 days.

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Wait time data is provided by ThemeParks.wiki. Data may not always be 100% accurate.

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